settle for

对 ... 感到满足； 勉强认可

Is there any reason to expect that Japan will settle for anything less?(有什么理由指望日本满足于次等地位？)

And don't settle for just a job.(不要单为了一份工作而去将就自己。)

Do you think China will settle for anything less than being treated as equal?(你认为不把中国当作有实力的对手来看待，它会甘心么？(你认为中国甘心低人一等么？))

“Work hard, don’t compromise, never settle for the easy deal, ” Pam said.(“努力干吧，不要妥协，绝不要满足不费吹灰之力的交易，”帕姆说。)

But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good enough.(不过，大脑是马虎草率的，会勉强接受足够好的表现。)

They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.(他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。)

Does anyone think that China will settle for anything less?(有人会认为中国将满足于次等的地位？)

We may want peace and prosperity, but most would settle for simple integrity.(和平与繁荣是我们期待的，但提到正直时，统统都往后靠。)

Why settle for reality when you can augment it?(当我们能增大化现实的时候，我们又为什么要满足于现实呢？)

In the end they had to settle for a draw.(最后，他们只好接受平局的结果。)

1. 选择;(尤指)勉强接受,将就
If you settle for something, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available.

e.g. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre...
弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者，她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
e.g. England will have to settle for third or fourth place.
英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。

1. settle for

1. 对...感到满足,满足于：settle down 定居;安下心来 | settle for 对...感到满足,满足于 | settle one's account 结算;付讫

2. 满足于：11.nurture v.培育,培养 | 12.settle for 满足于 | 13.platform n.平台,舞台

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3. 勉强同意,接受：25. settle up付清,结账 | 26. settle for勉强同意,接受 | 27. settle in(使)习惯(环境等)

4. 勉强接受：arm-twisting 强迫 压力 | do a little arm-twisting 略施压力 | settle for 勉强接受